Aerial view of the business district, Houston, Texas

Subjects: Aerial Views & Panoramas Commercial Buildings Town & City Views
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Aerial view of the business district, Houston, Texas, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this subject

Linen-textured aerial view looking down on the dense downtown business district of Houston, Texas, with tall office towers and mid-rise commercial blocks filling the frame. Rail yards, warehouses and outlying buildings spread toward the horizon in the background.

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PublisherSeawall Specialty Co.

A Late Aerial View of the Business District, Houston, Texas "One of the Nation's Fastest Growing Cities" PHOTO BY HARPER LEIPER OCH23 --- Houston is fifty miles from the Gulf of Mexico, and its man-made port for which the government is reported to have spent more than $50,000,000 is now rated second and third in tonnage. Its shipping and industrial growth has made it the most talked of city in the South. POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE SEAWALL SPECIALTY CO., HOUSTON, TEXAS "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.

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Postcard record

Series	OCH23
Condition	Good
Place depicted	Houston, TX
Publisher	Seawall Specialty Co., Houston, TX
Notes	Linen texture visible across the image; thin white border at edges; card number OCH23 printed vertically at right. No postmark; unused card with no message or address. Divided-back linen-era card (C.T. Art-Colortone), white border on front, printed 'PLACE STAMP HERE' box. Light soiling/toning on back.

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Aerial view of the business district, Houston, Texas, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/aerial-view-of-the-business-district-houston-texas. Accessed October 5, 2026.